Shoe.



H. JAEDIKB.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9 1914.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Z3 nve, ntoz Henry Jaedjhe,

IHE NORRIS PETERS 60., F'HOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D c,

HENRY JAED'IKE, OF EVERGREEN, NEW YORK.

SHOE.

Application filed December 9, 1914-.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY JAEDIKE, a citizenof the United States, and residing at Evergreen, Long Island, in thecounty of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to shoes, boots and the like, and the objectthereof is to provide means whereby the movement of the foot in a shoe,or the movement of a shoe on the foot will be prevented and the rubbingof the foot by the shoe and the consequent injury to the foot by theformation of sores, callouses, and the like obviated; a further objectbeing to provide means whereby a larger shoe may be worn than wouldotherwise be possible without rubbing or otherwise injuring the foot.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a. sectional plan View ofthe bottom of a shoe provided with my improvement, the shoe being onlyindicated by dotted lines; Fig. 2 a transverse section through the heelportion of the shoe on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and showing the parts infull lines; and, Fig. 3 a similar section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I place in the opposite side portions ofthe heel of the shoe plates at which are of the form shown in Figs. 1and 2, the outer sides thereof being convex and the inner sides concave.These plates 1% between the outer body portion 7) of the shoe and theinner portion or lining b 1 also countersink in the top of the heel, orpass through the top portion of the heel, or place between the top layerof the heel and the next adjacent layer a transverse rod 0, and theplates a are provided at their bottom edges with thickened heads orstuds a through which the opposite ends of the rod 0 pass, and said endsof said rod are provided with reverse threads and the heads a of theplates a are provided with corresponding threads, and said heads a ofthe plates a are movable radially or transversely Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Serial No. 876,280.

of the heel of the shoe in recesses 03 formed in said heel, and byturning the rod 0 the plates (1 may be drawn inwardly or forcedoutwardly according to the direction in which said rod is turned, andsaid plates may thus be made to securely grasp the opposite sides of theheel and hold it and prevent the heel from moving up and down in theshoe, or the shoe from moving up and down on the heel, and also preventany lateral. movement or forward movement of the heel in the shoe.

It will be understood, of course, that the lining b in the opposite sideportions of the heel of the shoe move inwardly with the plates a and therod 0 is provided in its ends with transverse recesses 0 adapted toreceive the edge of a screw driver, and said rod may thus be turned inthe manner of an ordinary screw, as the ends thereof project through butare flush with the sides of the heel, as clearly shown.

I also place in the front portion of the shoe, or in the opposite sidesthereof plates 6 similar in all respects to the plates at but adapted tooperate on the opposite side portions of the foot across the ballthereof, and these plates are operated by a transverse rod f, and thedetails of this construction are shown in Fig. 3 and are in all respectssimilar to that shown in Fig. 2, except that the rod 0 is placed inconnection with and operates in connection with the heel g of the shoewhile the rod f is placed transverse of the sole h of the shoe.

The plates 6 are also placed between the inner lining 72 of the shoe andthe outer or body portion 6 thereof, and the method of connecting therod 7 with the plates 6 and operating said plates by means of said rodis the same as is shown in Fig. 2 and is clearly indicated at i.

The plates 6 may be caused to grasp the sides of the foot and hold thefoot against lateral or forward movement of the shoe and also preventthe shoe from lateral or forward movement on the foot, and by means ofthis construction herein shown and described, the object of my inventionas hereinbefore set out is accomplished; and while I have shown anddescribed the construction which I prefer, my invention is not limitedto the details thereof, and changes therein and modifications thereofmay be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departingfrom the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoe proyided in the opposite sides of the front portion thereofand inside of the body of the shoe Witlrlaterally movable members whichare adapted to grasp and hold the foot.

2. A shoe provided in the opposite sides of the heel portion thereof andinside of the body of the shoe With laterally movable side members, andmeans .Whereby said members may be moved outwardly and in- Wardly.

3. A shoe provided in the opposite sides thereof and in both the heeland front or body portion of the'shoe and inside of the body of the shoeWith' laterally movable members, and means for operating said members,substantially as shown and described.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 5th day ofDecember 1914.

HENRY J AEDIKE.

Vitnesses: V

C. MULREANY, H. E. 'THoMrsoN.

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Washington, I). G.

